Summary: Guests include Nashville attorney and civil rights activist Gregg Ramos, Tennessee Democratic Party Chairman Gray Sasser, Elbert Ventura, research fellow, Media Matters for America.

Interview with Gregg Ramos (Part 1) Gregg, a past president of the Nashville Bar Association and a member of North, Pursell, Ramos, and Jameson, is one of the early opponents […]

Summary: Guests include Bob Mancini and Elbert Ventura, research fellow, Media Matters for America.

We Took a Vacation But Nashville Politics Did Not (Part 1) - Back to school - the best thing ever or a real drag? And we recap the Tennessee primary. (49:18 79MB)
Sex Sells (Part 2) - John Edwards gets caught […]

Summary: Guests include Ken Eaton and Mike Padgett, Democratic candidates for US Senate; Elbert Ventura, research fellow, Media Matters for America.

Early Voting Has Begun! (Part 1) - Participatory democracy - it’s not just for breakfast anymore. (16:57 27.2MB)
Interview with Kenneth Eaton (Part 2) - Hear about Eaton’s journey from seeking citywide office to […]

Summary: John Geer Vanderbilt University political science professor and Elbert Ventura, research fellow with Media Matters for America.

Part 1 - It’s all over now but we had a good time talking about it with Caspar, our Danish buddy. (21:52 35MB)
Part 2 - Perhaps what Metro Nashville needs are some Super School Board […]

We had a discussion this morning with Elbert Ventura during our Media Matters for America Smackdown about what to do if you get one of those emails. You know, the emails that say Barack Obama is both a muslim AND a radical christian? Don’t hit delete. Take the time to hit “reply all” and send […]

Summary: Tomas Young from Phil Donohue’s documentary, Body of War ; Renée Paradis, Counsel for the Brennan Center for Justice; and Elbert Ventura, research fellow with Media Matters for America.

Part 1 - Jon Stewart is coming! So is electronic voting. Plus, who does Senator Clinton remind you of when she says she doesn’t listen […]

Summary: Guests include Congressman Jim “Coop” Cooper of Tennessee’s Fightin’ 5th!, Rachel Smolker, a research biologist at the Global Justice Ecology Project; and Elbert Ventura, research fellow for Media Matters for America.

Part 1 - We have a very specific delegate count question for a Senator Clinton supporter… Anyone…? Anyone…? Bueller…?. (21:02 33.7MB)
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Summary: Guests include Jose Garcia, senior research and policy associate at Dēmos and author of Up to Our Eyeballs: How Shady Lenders and Failed Economic Policies Are Drowning Americans in Debt and

Summary: Our guests are Brian Schultz, author of Spectacular Things Happen Along the Way: Lessons from an Urban Classroom; Ross Brooks, Artistic Director of People’s Branch Theatre; And Media Matters Research Fellow, Elbert Ventura and the Media Matters Smackdown!

Part 1 - The amount of adoptable kids already outnumber qualified parents so why does one […]

Summary: A Tale of Two Dicks. Guests include Jennifer Cantrell, Eric Fogle, and Joe Bass from the Rape & Sexual Abuse Center; Paul Waldman of Media Matters for America and co-author of Free Ride: John McCain and the Media; and Mike Wessler of Project Vote Smart.

Part 1 - 4,000 dead U.S. soldiers and countless […]